What is the History Foundation of Turkey?

The History Foundation of Turkey, known in Turkish as Tarih Vakfi, is an organization that has collaborated on historical preservation projects within Istanbul, which serves as Turkey's historical, cultural, and economic center. Notably, the foundation partnered with the Ottoman Bank in March 1997 to establish the Ottoman Bank Archives and Research Centre. This center operated within the former Ottoman Bank head office from 1999 to 2010.

What we know

• The History Foundation of Turkey is known in Turkish as Tarih Vakfi. [5]
• In March 1997, the History Foundation collaborated with the Ottoman Bank to found the Ottoman Bank Archives and Research Centre. [5]
• The Ottoman Bank Archives and Research Centre operated in the former Head Office of the Ottoman Bank located in Istanbul. [2, 5]

Where to go next

• a case in pointWhat was the Ottoman Bank Archives and Research Centre?
• whereHow does Istanbul function as Turkey's historical center?
• whoWhat role did Ahmed Cevdet Pasha play in Ottoman historiography?
• how it workedHow were official histories commissioned during the Ottoman Empire?
• the bigger pictureWhat is the history of the Ottoman Bank?
• an unexpected connectionHow did a nineteenth-century Ottoman historical text relate to state commissions?While the History Foundation represents modern institutional archiving in Turkey, earlier efforts like Tarih-i Cevdet relied on formal sultan decrees and state-appointed historians to document the past.

Sources

• [1]Istanbul (Wikidata Q406) · CC0 1.0
• [2]Istanbul · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [3]Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [4]Tarih-i Cevdet · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [5]Ottoman Bank Archives and Research Centre · CC BY-SA 4.0

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